I use it all the time and have for years. Just seems like a weird feature to lock behind about.config and say it’s not supported while they still support things like Pocket.

  • Simon Müller@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    5 months ago

    It is essentially just extra maintenance of a feature in Firefox that (statistically) not many people use

    As such, it’s marked as “unsupported” to make clear that if any issues arise, Mozilla won’t help you with those issues.

    • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
      3·
      5 months ago

      Not many people use it because it is hidden away and not default.

      Firefox in compact mode is about as compact as Chromium, so no issue here.

      • Simon Müller@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        5 months ago

        It’s hidden away behind a flag now because it hasn’t been actively used for years on end.

        Not the other way around.

        • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
          0·
          5 months ago

          Hm, yes but active usage doesnt mean it was not used?

          I never thought of doing that and for sure didnt see that button in the bottom left.

          Thats like removing profiles because nobody used them, while they are hidden away behind an about:. The solution is add a button, see if it is used and then decide.

          Especially as the compact mode saves a lot of screen space and is likely no maintenance effort at all.

          • Simon Müller@sopuli.xyz
            1·
            5 months ago

            yes but active usage doesnt mean it was not used?

            If their criteria was “at least 1 person uses it at all, sometimes” then it would not have been removed 🤔

            likely no maintenance effort at all.

            The maintenance comes less from the code and more from making sure that every single menu added or changed in any way continues to behave correctly in three different sizes with themes and everything.

            • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
              1·
              5 months ago

              Firefox extremely reduced theming.

              And as I said, nobody knows this exists because it is not promoted well, and now even hidden.

        • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          it used to be visible as an option in ‘customize toolbar’. it was deprecated and deemed ‘unsupported’ way back around v89, but at least they kept it available as a ‘hidden’ setting.

          i use it on every pc i have firefox installed on (which is, well, all of them that aren’t ‘terminal only’).

  • kbal@fedia.io
    3·
    5 months ago

    The people who make it their business to go through Firefox looking for features to remove almost got it, but the public outcry against its complete removal seems to have deterred them for now.

  • Hal-5700X@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    5 months ago

    It may break a future update…maybe 🤷‍♂️

    In about:config look up userChrome.CompactContextMenu-Enabled and set it to true to enable the setting. When enable Compact (not supported) under Density option in Customize Toolbar panel.

  • YⓄ乙 @aussie.zoneEnglish
    0·
    5 months ago

    They should def. get rid of the start up animation . wasting my 3 microsecond is not cool